----What is your new Chinese teacher like, Mary?

---Oh, ____________________________.

       A. we’re getting along quite well with him

       B. he likes playing football better than anything else

       C. he has strange ways to make his classes lively and interesting

       D. he is a handsome young man in his early thirties

— I believe the new manager is easy to get along with.

   — Don’t be so sure. Judge not of men and things _______.

A. on the whole       B. at first sight       C. from then on       D. by the way

    Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.

     In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.

Longer hours do of course increase the GDP (国内生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.

It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends（趋势）in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?

1.From the text we know that the author      .          

A. believes that longer working hours is better

B. prefers shorter working hours to longer ones

C. says nothing certain about which pattern is better

D. thinks neither of the patterns is good

2.Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?                  

A. Spain.           B. France.        C. Germany.         D. America. 

3.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “which” refers to ______.                 

A. family life        B. situations      C. other values       D. trends

4.What message can we get from the text?                                        

A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.

B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.

C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.

D. Americans are happier than Europeans.

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?                         

A. Americans and Europeans            B. Staying at Home

C. Work and Productivity               D. Work and Happiness

 This is a difficult and stressful job, but one ______ you can really help people.

A. that                  B. where               C. which                     D. of which

The man,_______ is often parked in front of our house, is a famous surgeon.

   A. who’s car     B. of which the car   C. the car of which   D. whose car

To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun!

Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, back in the eleventh century B.C.

We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.

In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.

During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England.

By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colours.

1. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient _______.

A. China         B. Egypt       C. Greece         D. Rome

2. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?

A. No one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella.

B. The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.

C. The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.

D. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.

3. A strange feature(特征) of the umbrella’s use is that it was used as _______.

A. protection against rain                    B. a shade against the sun

C. a symbol of honour and power              D. women’s decoration

4. In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain ___________.

A. during the Middle Ages   B. by the eighteenth century   C. in Rome   D. in Greece

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    Recently, there has been a heated debate over whether to send old

people to nursing homes or not. People differ in their                         

o          . Here list the ideas of supporters.                                76.                 

L          in nursing homes, as they say, old people                     77.               

can enjoy more benefits             staying at home.                     78.                  

For one aspect, they can have more opportunities to

         (交流) with each other, as they have                            79.                

c         topics and similar hobbies. Therefore,                         80.                

they can do many things together and don’t feel

            (孤独). On the other hand, if they live at                       81.                

home, they may quarrel          their children because                    82.                

of the generation gap between them. Another aspect ,     is                    83.                

highly valued by the supporters, is that old people can

have               (定期) medical check-ups and                         84.                 

r           immediate medical care from professional                     85.                  

doctors.             

 Only when _______ according to the directions strictly will the medicine work well.

A. taking        B. to take             C. taken             D. being taken

My mom’s __________ determined me to go on with my study.

A. encourages    B. encouragement   C. encouraged      D. encourage

.The old man said the accident ___________ carless driving, so a lot of money should be paid by the driver.

A. was due to   B. is due to    C. had due to     D. has due to